That means she’s a digital instrument: a voice synthesizer program that, using samples of Japanese voice actress Saki Fujita’s voice, is forever ready to sing your lyrics, in the same way that a piano’s keys reproduce the notes of your composition.Įmoji aren’t just symbols. And she’s changing the way music is imagined and produced.įrequently, but mistakenly referred to as an anime character and a robot, or reduced to being called (wrongly, again) a hologram that’s “big in Japan,” Hatsune Miku is a Vocaloid. Despite this, to her legions of fans, Hatsune Miku is equally as real (and adored) as any celebrity pop star.
She’s a piece of vocal software that thousands of digital musicians have used to create more than 500,000 songs, intricately tuning her voice to their requirements. Or even an animated front for a real singer, like Gorillaz. Image used with permission by copyright holderWho is Hatsune Miku? Well, she’s not really a “who” at all.
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